The first table below looks at the demand for BIG-IP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BIG-IP over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5 Networks BIG-IP
Rank 139 135 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Permanent jobs citing BIG-IP 11 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.420% 0.229% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.236% 1.404% -
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 0
Average salary £42,500 £46,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.60% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+11.11% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
492 356 280
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 18.80% 16.30% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 392 282 237
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £21,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
BIG-IP
West Yorkshire

BIG-IP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing BIG-IP across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Leeds BIG-IP Jobs Demand Trend

BIG-IP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing BIG-IP across the Leeds region.

Leeds BIG-IP Salary Trend

BIG-IP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BIG-IP across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Leeds BIG-IP Salary Histogram

BIG-IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing BIG-IP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited BIG-IP.

1 14 (100.00%) Cisco
1 14 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 11 (78.57%) F5
3 10 (71.43%) CheckPoint
4 9 (64.29%) BGP
4 9 (64.29%) Firewall
4 9 (64.29%) ITIL
5 7 (50.00%) VPN
5 7 (50.00%) OSPF
6 6 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (42.86%) CCNP
6 6 (42.86%) SolarWinds
6 6 (42.86%) SolarWinds Orion
7 5 (35.71%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (35.71%) DNS
7 5 (35.71%) LAN
7 5 (35.71%) WAN
7 5 (35.71%) EIGRP
7 5 (35.71%) MPLS
7 5 (35.71%) Wireless
8 4 (28.57%) Internet
8 4 (28.57%) DMZ
8 4 (28.57%) Avaya
8 4 (28.57%) VoIP
8 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
8 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (28.57%) Change Management
8 4 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
8 4 (28.57%) PCI DSS
9 3 (21.43%) Cisco IOS

BIG-IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing BIG-IP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited BIG-IP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (21.43%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) IIS
2 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (14.29%) MS Exchange
2 2 (14.29%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (7.143%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 14 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 9 (64.29%) Firewall
2 9 (64.29%) BGP
3 7 (50.00%) VPN
3 7 (50.00%) OSPF
4 5 (35.71%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (35.71%) Wireless
4 5 (35.71%) DNS
4 5 (35.71%) WAN
4 5 (35.71%) EIGRP
4 5 (35.71%) MPLS
4 5 (35.71%) LAN
5 4 (28.57%) VoIP
5 4 (28.57%) DMZ
5 4 (28.57%) Internet
5 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
6 3 (21.43%) SMTP
6 3 (21.43%) DHCP
6 3 (21.43%) FTP
6 3 (21.43%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.143%) Data Mining
General
1 2 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Team Leader
1 6 (42.86%) Network Team Leader
2 3 (21.43%) Network Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Systems Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Server Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Systems Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Server Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Network Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Support Specialist
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) SecurID
2 1 (7.143%) Statistics
2 1 (7.143%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
1 3 (21.43%) Linux
1 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (14.29%) UNIX
2 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (7.143%) CentOS
3 1 (7.143%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (7.143%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) ITIL
2 4 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
2 4 (28.57%) Change Management
2 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (21.43%) Load Balancing
3 3 (21.43%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) B2B
4 2 (14.29%) Problem Management
4 2 (14.29%) High Availability
4 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (7.143%) Supplier Management
5 1 (7.143%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
2 1 (7.143%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) CCNP
1 6 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (21.43%) MCP
2 3 (21.43%) MCSE
2 3 (21.43%) CCDP
3 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) MCITP
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (7.143%) CCSA
4 1 (7.143%) CCSE
4 1 (7.143%) CCNA
4 1 (7.143%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) PCI DSS
2 3 (21.43%) SLA
3 2 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
1 3 (21.43%) XenServer
1 3 (21.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (42.86%) SolarWinds Orion
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (7.143%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Cisco
2 11 (78.57%) F5
3 10 (71.43%) CheckPoint
4 6 (42.86%) SolarWinds
5 4 (28.57%) Avaya
6 3 (21.43%) Juniper
6 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
6 3 (21.43%) HP
6 3 (21.43%) Citrix
6 3 (21.43%) VMware
6 3 (21.43%) Brocade
6 3 (21.43%) ProCurve
7 2 (14.29%) Infoblox
7 2 (14.29%) NetApp
8 1 (7.143%) Nokia
8 1 (7.143%) Red Hat
8 1 (7.143%) ArcSight
8 1 (7.143%) Syncsort
8 1 (7.143%) Blue Coat
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